Ronnie Brewer's Twitter feed: 'New York Knicks lets get it!!!'

Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesIman Shumpert (left) and Ronnie Brewer (right) have faced off on the hardwood, but now the latter will fill in while the former recovers from knee surgery.

"New
York Knicks lets get it!!!" was perhaps the best piece of news Knicks fans have
received in a few weeks. Veteran NBA shooting guard Ronnie Brewer tweeted
the message on Tuesday, and NBA.com's David Aldridge seemed to confirm the news
with a
tweet of his own:

A
6-7 swingman out of Arkansas, Brewer averaged 6.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per
game last season. He's not a particularly great perimeter shooter (made only
27.5 percent of his 3-point attempts last season), but Brewer's primary value
comes as a defender.

It's
uncertain if Brewer will start, but he has experience doing that and coming off
the bench. His presence could allow J.R. Smith to return to his sixth-man role.

Prior
to joining the Knicks, Brewer played for the Chicago Bulls, Memphis Grizzlies
and Utah Jazz, for whom he averaged 13.7 ppg in 2008-2009.